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The Wigmaker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg An Account of His Barbering, Hair-dressing, & Peruke-Making Services, & Some Remarks on Wigs of Various Styles.

Bullock, Thomas K.; Tonkin, Maurice B.; Townsend, Raymond R. [Contributor]; Ford, Thomas K. [Editor]· 3 chapters· 8,267 words

Richard Gamble, barber and perukemaker of Williamsburg in the middle years of the eighteenth century, appears to have remained a bachelor all his life. Other than this he seems to have been no more improvident than the average craftsman of his time. That is to say, he came--or...

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Among the shop's other patrons were innkeepers, blacksmiths, a saddler, a silversmith, printers, clergymen, physicians--indeed, from wealthy planters like Robert Carter, Ralph W...

1. Part 1

Richard Gamble, barber and perukemaker of Williamsburg in the middle years of the eighteenth century, appears to have remained a bachelor all his life. Other than this he seems...

3. Part 3

_Richard Charlton_--Presumably related to Edward. Probably was not himself a barber or wigmaker, but was briefly an inactive partner of James Nichols, Williamsburg wigmaker, and...